My ONE LOVE life

We were late and swim lessons were beginning. One child in the pool and the next almost in, I am focused and in full mom mode. Until a woman, a white woman in her 40’s, gets really close to my body as she’s passing and asks in a low voice, “is your daughter adopted?” Huh? [...]

It’s a very exciting time in our lives.  We are moving.  We just bought our first home.  It’s not a big move, but it pushes us outside of city limits and into a new school district.  Arrrg! As you can see I am hinting at the fact that I am not happy about changing my [...]

“Let’s play slaves,” my oldest said to my youngest.  I could hear them in the other room. “I’ll be the slave and you be my owner.” she said to her. I interjected from the other room (trying to be casual).  “What are slaves?”  I asked. “A long time ago black people were taken and owned [...]

I have been celebrating all day with my girls.  We’ve been dancing, singing, talking, enjoying.  We had the priviledge of enjoying the beach on this sunny California day. Will.i.am’s “It’s a new Day” was pounding out of the speakers tonight when I asked my oldest daughter (6 y/o), “Do you understand why it’s a big [...]

As my daughter gets older I find myself continually challenged by what she’s exposed to when I am not around. You might have read a few months back about a racial incident that took place at my daughter’s school. A classmate had said she didn’t want to play with her because of her skin color. [...]

This weekend my husband and I found a piece of furniture on Craigslist.  (I love Craigslist!)  We stopped by the home of the seller on our way to the Fall Festival at my daughter’s school.  We met the couple that was selling it.  They were very nice, and friendly.  They even gave my daughter a [...]

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of taking my 6 year old daughter to see Alicia Keys live in concert. What a treat! It was just the two of us on a Friday night, under a blanket of stars, squeezed up next to a few thousand other people. She has always enjoyed [...]

I started thinking about the idea that my children are not going to benefit from the white privilege I am privy to now and while growing up. It struck me hard yesterday when I was reading the question posed in the comments on another blog. The question read something like this, “Do you think that [...]